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The New York State comptroller's office has rejected a $27 million contract with a News Corporation subsidiary to build a data system for tracking student performance, as fallout widens against the international media conglomerate due to a phone hacking scandal in Britain.

Spreads on benchmark French bonds have widened against ultrasafe German bonds.

In the past couple of days, the gap has widened against Obama.

Spreads of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac widened against United States government debt for a fourth day on Wednesday.

Separately there are German-led discussions under way on whether economic sanctions should be widened against Russia.

Within Europe, the bonds issued by the German government have proved the most coveted, with its spreads widening against the rest of the continent.

They have been under tank and machine gun fire for the past few days while the Syrian military widens its crackdown against protesters throughout the country.

The reason that Russia and Kazakhstan are bringing charges over social-media posts is because it widens their net against dissidents.

Japan conducted the raid as the United States, the essential guarantor of its security, is also taking a harder line against North Korea in the Bush administration's widening war against terrorism.

Most were preoccupied by the protests backing Mr. Morsi and the widening crackdown against them.

The clash was the most violent of several reported around Yemen in the widening uprising against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.